Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter how to download and install the driver

Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter is a Network Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications Inc.. PCI/VEN_168C&DEV_001B&SUBSYS_1603196f is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. The archive contains version 7.6.1.204 dated 2009-01-13 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is started please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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Atheros Communications Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 436190 bytes (425.97 KB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 62998 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5006XS Wireless Network Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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